Bill Breakdown

Alex and Jordan explain the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which makes publishing nonconsensual intimate images and digital forgeries a federal crime and requires covered platforms to remove reported images within forty-eight hours.

Sources: Bill page (CRS summary): https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/all-info | Full law text (P.L. 119-12): https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ12/PLAW-119publ12.pdf

Alex and Jordan explain how the Social Security Fairness Act repealed two rules that shrank benefits for retired teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other public workers.

Sources: CRS background: https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN12451/IN12451.3.pdf | Bill page and text: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr82

Alex and Jordan explain the GENIUS Act, the first federal law for stablecoins, from who may issue them to the one-to-one reserve rules and when the law takes effect.

Sources: Bill page (CRS summary): https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1582/all-info | Full law text (P.L. 119-27): https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ27/PLAW-119publ27.pdf

Alex and Jordan explain what the One Big Beautiful Bill Act actually does, from the tax changes to Medicaid and food assistance, based on Congressional Research Service summaries and Congressional Budget Office estimates.

Sources: Bill page (CRS summary): https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/all-info | Full law text (P.L. 119-21): https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf